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Monday, December 24, 2012

Cookies for Santa

Tonight Santa will be visiting millions of children around the world. I told William (my Springer puppy) that he best behave if he wants Santa to leave some presents underneath the tree for him. This didn't have a big impact on William because he proceeded to jump all over me. When I reminded him that he wasn't being a very good boy and was surely getting put on Santa's naughty list, he put his head down in dismay and looked at me with his big sad puppy eyes.

In preparation of Santa's visit, I made two types of cookies. The first cookie was a traditional rolled sugar cookie. My husband's family eats these like they there is no tomorrow, so I guess they're good. The second is a lace cookie. This was my first time making lace cookies and they are really easy and very delicious. When I finished baking the lace cookie I spread a generous amount of melted Ghirardelli's chocolate on the bottom and sandwiched it with another cookie. Below you will find recipes and pictures of the end result of both cookies which are plated and ready to be left out for Santa! (If William doesn't get to them first.)

Rolled Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups butter, softened

2 cups white sugar

4 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

5 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 egg white

1/2 cup of white sugar sprinkled with cinnamon for decoration of cookie.

Directions:
1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until
smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).

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